 | Henry Barton Dawson - Constitutional law - 1863 - 770 pages
...from the Legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred ; or in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute ; the intention of the People... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 850 pages
...from the legislative body. If there should happen to he an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity...intention of the people to the intention of their agents. f Nor does the conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power.... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 772 pages
...which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred ; or in other word's, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute...intention of their agents. Nor does this conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the Judicial to the Legislative power. It only supposes that... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 776 pages
...from the Legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred ; or in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute ; the intention of the People... | |
 | United States - 1864 - 786 pages
...from the Legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred ; or in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute ; the intention of the People... | |
 | 1865 - 696 pages
...from the Legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred ; or in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute ; the intention of the People... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - Impeachments - 1868 - 532 pages
...the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred ; or, in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred...intention of their agents. Nor does this conclusion, by any means, suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only supposes that... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1869 - 856 pages
...from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity...people to the intention of their agents. • Nor does the conclusion by any moans suppose a superiority f the judicial to the legislative power. It only... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 752 pages
...from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity...the people to the intention of their agents. " Nor docs the conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It... | |
 | Law - 1918 - 502 pages
...from the legislative body. "If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred; or, 'in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people... | |
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A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body. If there should happen to be... 
